Persora: The Golden Best 4
| PERSORA -THE GOLDEN BEST 4- | |
| ペルソラ -ザ ゴールデンベスト 4- | |
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| Publisher(s) | Atlus Co., Ltd. |
| Tracks | 16 |
| Length | 55:21 |
| Release |  Japan November 2, 2016 |
| Catalog Number | LNCM-1167 |
Persora: The Golden Best 4, stylized as PERSORA -THE GOLDEN BEST 4-, is a compilation album featuring songs from the Persona series.
Production
Persora: The Golden Best 4 is the fourth in a series of five concept albums that are based on the "Persora Theater" segment of Persona Stalker Club. Viewers would submit what the English lyrics in Persona music sounded like to them in Japanese, and the songs that frequently came up during the Persora segments were collected into the five albums. The album was announced on July 29, 2016 alongside Persora: The Golden Best 3 and Persora Awards 2 as the second of three consecutive Persora releases releasing in the last three months of 2016.[1]
Release
The 16 song album was released on a single disc in November 2016, published by Atlus Co., Ltd. and distributed by Mastard Records.[2] All art for the album was illustrated by Yuji Himukai, the main artist for the Etrian Odyssey series. Alongside the disc, the album came with a 22 page booklet containing liner notes from Persona Stalker Club hosts Tomomi Isomura and Mafia Kajita, vocalists Yumi Kawamura, Lotus Juice, and Shihoko Hirata, album artist Yuji Himukai, Tartarus Theater artist Ryo Yasohachi, director Katsura Hashino, and composer Toshiki Konishi. The booklet also contains lyrics for each song when possible; the misheard lyrics are highlighted and artwork from the show is used on each page to depict what the lyrics were misheard as.
Two bonus tracks were included as tracks 15 and 16 of the album. " PSCV Opening Theme" was the theme song for Persona Stalker Club V, composed and arranged by Toshiki Konishi. The second bonus track, "Reach Out To The Truth (Christmas Arrange)," is aremix of "Reach Out To The Truth," portions of "Dream of Butterfly" as well. The song was originally released for free on volume 47 of Shoji Meguro's Atlus Net blog on December 24, 2007, roughly a month before the announcement of Persona on PSP, with a note that he "mixed tracks from various songs into Out To The Truth."[3]
Tracklist
| No. | Track title (Japanese) | Track title (English) | Composer | Arranger | Lyricist | Duration | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Break Out Of... | — | Atsushi Kitajoh | — | Lotus Juice | 3:58 | Persona 4 Arena Ultimax |
| 02 | P3 fes | — | Shoji Meguro | — | Shigeo Komori, Yoshihiro Komori, Lotus Juice | 1:29 | Persona 3 FES |
| 03 | Your Affection | — | Shoji Meguro | — | Reiko Tanaka | 2:52 | Persona 4 |
| 04 | やすらぎ | Tranquility | Shoji Meguro | — | Reiko Tanaka | 1:32 | Persona 3 |
| 05 | 深層心理 | Deep Mentality | Shoji Meguro | — | 2:53 | Persona 3 | |
| 06 | Best Friends (Banvox Remix) | — | Shoji Meguro | Banvox | Benjamin Franklin | 3:44 | Persona 4: Dancing All Night |
| 07 | Burn My Dread -Last Battle- | — | Shoji Meguro | — | Reiko Tanaka | 3:48 | Persona 3 |
| 08 | Today | — | Atsushi Kitajoh | — | Benjamin Franklin | 4:40 | Persona 4 Arena Ultimax |
| 09 | 聖槍騎士団 (PERSORA Ver.) | Knights of the Holy Spear (PERSORA Ver.) | Kenichi Tsuchiya | Toshiki Konishi | — | 2:28 | Persona Stalker Club |
| 10 | カリステギア | Calystegia | Ryota Kozuka | — | Shinji Yamamoto | 5:22 | Persona 4: Dancing All Night |
| 11 | キミの記憶 | Memories of You | Shoji Meguro | — | Shigeo Komori | 6:02 | Persona 3 |
| 12 | Dance! [Live] | — | Ryota Kozuka, Shoji Meguro | — | Benjamin Franklin, Lotus Juice, Shihoko Hirata, RyoRca | 3:48 | Persona Super Live 2015 ~in Nippon Budokan -Night of the Phantom- |
| 13 | Shadow World [Live] | — | Shoji Meguro | — | Benjamin Franklin | 4:49 | Persona Music Fes 2013 ~in Nippon Budokan |
| 14 | So Baby Go For it, Feel The Vibe! | — | Ryota Kozuka | — | Lotus Juice | 1:03 | Persona 4: Dancing All Night |
| 15 | PSCV オープニングテーマ | PSCV Opening Theme | Toshiki Konishi | — | — | 4:24 | Persona Stalker Club |
| 16 | Reach Out To The Truth (Christmas Arrange) | — | Shoji Meguro | — | Reiko Tanaka | 2:29 | — |
Personnel
| Position | Member |
|---|---|
| Persora Soramimist | Tomomi Isomura (Isocchi) |
| Illustrations | Yuji Himukai |
| Vocals | Shihoko Hirata Tracks: 1, 3, 12, 13, 14, 16Lotus Juice Tracks: 1, 2, 7, 12Yumi Kawamura Tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11Minako Kotobuki Track: 10[a]
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| Position | Member |
|---|---|
| A&R | Hidemi Muramoto Masaki Takami |
| Mastering Engineer | Machiko Suzue (Sony Music Communications Inc.) |
| Mastering Studio | Sony Music Studio Tokyo |
| Package Design | Yumemi (imagejack) |
| Special Thanks | Nosoko Minoru Inoue (Maxmix) Tomohisa Ono (MIT Gathering) Dengeki Maoh Editorial Department Megumi Suzuki (imagejack) Yoshikazu Tanaka Hisahiro Takashima Akiyasu Yamamoto Atlus Sound Team Everyone who submitted Soramimi entries |
| Media Promotion | Shinchi Kiritani (Mastard Records) |
| Sales Promotion | Junya Kawabata (Mastard Records) |
| Supervisors | Takafumi Odoi (Mastard Records) Kenji Fukui (Lawson HMV Entertainment, Inc.) Seiichi Ohno (Lawson HMV Entertainment, Inc.) Ken Sakamoto (Lawson HMV Entertainment, Inc.) |
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See also
- Persora: The Golden Best
- Persora: The Golden Best 2
- Persora: The Golden Best 3
- Persora: The Golden Best 5
Notes
- ↑ As Kanami Mashita
References
- ↑ Album Announcement. Archived: [1]. Published June 29, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2025. p-ch.jp.
- ↑ Release date announcement. Archived: [2]. Published October 17, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2025. p-ch.jp.
- ↑ "メリークリスマス！アトラスファンの皆様にクリスマスプレゼントです。Reach out to the truthにいろんな曲のトラックを混ぜてみました。" Translation: "Merry Christmas! A Christmas present for all Atlus fans. I mixed tracks from various songs into Reach out to the truth." Shoji Meguro, Meguro's Hobby Diary Vol. 47. Published December 24, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2025. Atlus Net.